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UiOHUlfl B. T2SCUUCK.
Treasurer.
' Subscribed la my presence and sworu to
bclore ma tills 3d day of May. 1919.
U. y. WALKER.
Notary Puoiio.
Sabaorlbars leaviaic turn city tern
, orrllr sbaaid tira Tht Dc
i kuallerf to tktaa. ' Addreaaca will k
chaaiared aa eftea mm reijaeated.
Piscatorially speaking, biting ought
to begin to get good.
More HtigaUon over the water
works. Will those lawyers ever ' let
go? 1
That Cuban who tacked down the
lid of a dynamite box' literally drove
nails in his own coffin.
When a man gets oa real Intimate
terms with himself he is more inclined
to deal gently with others.
The Chicago rriDune says me
earth weighs 13,000,000,000,000,000
pounds. On Sugar trust scales?
, Missouri offers 1,000 for a state
song. Set one of Champ Clark's
speeches to music 'and save the money.
' Perhaps If they would change the
name of Bluefields, Nicaragua, tb.ose
war clouds would pass over it now and
then.
The Brooklyn Judge who asserts
tknt 'oil . inmen nrn nnt aneela"
I,.,...,,, n how ha found
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Governor Shailenbergor's Memorial
,! nrniamation is out at last. It is
up to Mayor "Jim" to scatter a few not include the total exchange of busi- age rates are freely accorded to legltl
flowers.' v . ness for this period of seven years, mate newspapers and to supplements
If Ambassador Bryce does retire
:ay his successor also be a man who
asks that his country can him plain
'Mister" and not "Lord."
If the weather should warm up
June will hive Its hands full with the
bride, for certainly April ana way
have kept their hands off.
trying to reiorra an tnose ex-convicts
he has taken to his bosom. But, if so,
he aetms to have made a sorry mess
Of it.
Senator Burkett has gotten his bill
through the senate making an appro
priation for enlarging the Lincoln
postofflce. We pause to hear from
Mr. Whedon once more.
i Zbyszko says he will throw Gotch
in straight falls; that Ootch is a very
much overestimated man. That is what
Hackenschmldt once profeescd
think, but thinks no more.
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. Report has it that Senator Batley of
Texas wore a silk hat the other day for
the first timo In his life. Having got
rid of that prejudice, perhaps ho will
now make further progress.
A St. Louis alderman is out with an
awful protest because "somebody"
tried to bribe him with 5U. His Is a
righteous protest. Why, $50 is less
than the PlttBburg standard.
According to the Kansas City Star
the Brooklyn man's plan to shorten
the alphabet by eliminating the letter
"c" will never receive the approval of
Kansas Sity or Shlkago. How about
Slnslnnatl.
The democrats of Custer county are
preparing for a dollar dinner blowout,
but for some usexplainable reason no-
mnere on p.B.a,". uu w, se any-
av- j
one scheduled to respond to a toast on
,"Nonprtiaanshlp
Automobile accidents are again be
coming too frequent In Omaha. Some
of ou' automobile drivers seem to
havo the mistaken notion that pedes
trians have no right to use the streets
except at their peril.
Help to Develop the West:
One of the contingencies against
which our government must guard In
Its system of conserving natural re
sources la toe unnecessary retarding
of western development. Important
aa Is the conservation work, it la no
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the vast unsettled areas still remain
ing in many states of the west
Un-
Questionably there Is a manifest ten-
Honrv'fnr tliA envernment bv withhold-
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ing certain tracts uum neuicuicm , iu
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establishing of new homes. It Is on
this theory that mountain states are
urging the right to throw open to set-1
tlement agricultural land contained in
forest reserves.
Representative Taylor of Colorado
pointed out in a recent speech In the
house that only 3 per cent of his state
Was subject to irrigated cultivation
and that nearly 50 per cent of It was Is
actually withheld from settlement,
No argument is required to show the
injustice and harmful effects of mak-
ing this condition permanent, not only
Colorado, but to the entire coun-
Nebraska, among other things
tory is a matter of national concern,
-Tmr,Ano wlth detectives has not
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Wyoming ana prooaoiy otner adjoin-.
ing States. mis conamon imposes a
heavy burden of taxation on that part
of the state suhlert to colonization.
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and on this basts Mr. Taylor asks con
gross at least to raise from 25 to 35
ppnr .v.- amount of the state's
share of the revenue derived from the
o-overnment's sale of timber and araz-
lnS lands as a means of aiding the
state In meeting the costs of maintain
ing its government, schools and its
roads
It is worth while noticing here a state-
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t made by the Colorado represent-
ative to the effect that the. strongest I
opposition to these pleas of the west
comes from those eastern congressmen
who know less than anyone else about
conditions In the newer western states,
who perhaps have never seen a forest
reserve. It opens up to candid con
sideration the suggestion of Speaker
Cannon that in his Judgment the gov
ernment could well afford to pay the
expenses of every new member of con
gross to make a tour of the country,
so as to become acquainted with its
resources and needs before taking his
seat. That the country suffers ifrom
the lack of practical information
which might be obtained this way there
can be no doubt.
Trade With Panama.
In 1904, which was the first year
or the Panama repuDiic, the total value
of exports from that country to the
United . States was 4 40,7 41 and two
years later it was ii,6o,8o7, while
last year it had reached $f,676.994.
But encouraging j.as is this increase, it
is not comparable with that in the ex-
ports from the United States to the
young republic. . In 1904 they were
979,724; In 1906, 12,724,289, and
In 1909 they had reached 116,797,530
and fipr the present fiscal year, ending
June bo, tney are expectea to go to
$20,000,000 and the Panama exports
to this country $ 2,000,000.
The building of the canal, of course,
has servea to stimulate mis traae ana
lt wJU continue to do so, but what its
ultimate full Influence upon the com-
mAHriA hnttiTACn r h A tufA AMi nrfloa nHll
uici ucmccu i-"w vuuuhiico nui
be no prudent man wcmld venture to
estimate, inese ngures, in xaci, ao
ror material ana supplies snippea oy
tne unitea etaies in sucn vasi quan-
I titles into the canal zone for exclusive
use mere are not comprenenaea ana
It is impossible now to tell what they
would amount to. Hence the statis-
tics cited give only an approximate
idea of' the Panama-United States
trade. .
But it is fair to take these figures
I as an Index showing how commerce properly barred from newspaper prlv
between this country and Panama and lieges, not because it Is a sermon, but
th other central and southern
neIghbors adjacent to the' canal will
b aulckened when this great water-
way is completed. Just one thing will
, be required to conservesthe possiblll- nor obviate the duty of the postal au
1 ties to the fullest degree and that will thorities to pass upon them fearlessly
be the personnel of the Industrial and
commercial leaders sent ' from this
country down there, and that -will be
taken care of.
iieaaiag; inem Uut, ,
Some Doubting Thomases have pre-
sumed to question the accuracy of the
statement so often reiterated on the
floor of the present congress by demo-
cratlc members that their party is
more thoroughly united today than it
has ever been. If these sinister skep-
tics will take the trouble to inform
themselves they will see Just how far
from the truth their implications are.
Let them turn, for instance, to Mr.
h,vn', rnmmnnpr and tr.Am wnri tholthe steamer." as if that were turning
leading editorial, which under the sen-
tentlous caption, "To Governor Har
mon," takes the governor to task for
falling to follow out the Bryanlc die
tation in the recent Ohio primaries
and concluding with this ultimatum
If you falter prepare to stand aside. The
democratic party is
In no mood to be
trifled with,
It ha suffered so much from
the secret manipulation of the predatory
Interests that It demands daylight methods
and honest politics. It is up to you, gov
ernor,
Or, if this deliverance does not con
vlnrn him nf the solidarity of hla nartv.
,et hlm scan Norman E. Mack's Na
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tional Monthly for June, where, in the
course' ut a long editorial, the chair-
man of the national democratic com
mittee and director of the last Bryan
campaign -says:
It is Idle to think of Mr. Bryan as ever
again . bulng th party candidate for the
Ipreaiaency.
Party unity, harmony, peace hail
could be more conclusive? Here we
have Bryan, the self-appointed dicta
tor and thrice-chosen leader of his
party, reading out of It the democratic
governor of Ohio, who is his most con
spicuous rival for the presidential
nomination, and at the same time Mr.
Bryan being read out of the running
by Chairman Mack.
Now the question arises, who will
make Harmon "stand aside if he
'falters" and who Is the "democratic
party that is In no mood to be trifled
with?" If, as Mack says, "It is Idle
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think of Bryan as ever again Deing
the party candidate for the presi
dency," is it not also idle to suppose
that Mr. Bryan will allow any one else
to run without his certificate of char
acter. Post Mortem Advice.
It is a trite saying that "hindsight
far better than foresight," and this
evidently applies to some of the mis-
guided zealots wno nave woraea incur
selves Into a frenzy of uplift in thes
these
parts.
Last week's issue of the ofH-
cial organ of the Anti-Saloon league
says:
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from many IocaUticl tnat gpeak 0,
success, even the best men have acted in
such a way as to make us skeptical regard
the wisdom of this office even naming
men for detective service.
And in another place It reinforces
this sad lesson with the declaration:
Sooner or later detectives demonstrate
tnelP helplessness, or worse; in-advtsed law
enforcement work and clumsy detective
service are calculated to hinder our move
ment.
We think bo, too. But here in
Omaha the advice comes a trifle tardy.
Our professional reformers have had
fivnnrlpnra vlth detectives, not OnlT
umjatlBfact0lx but renecting decidedly
upon their own honesty and good
faith.
Why should any decent man with a
laudable purpose have taken up with
a desperado like Shercliffe with his
prison record?
How could real reformers have gone
Into, the penitentiary to purchase the
assistance of a professional thief like
Burrier 'with a promise of pardon?
What good could be accomplished
by paying money collected in churches
over, to a scalawag like Wetmore?
How can the cause of reform be ad
vanced by setting at large a notorious
criminal like Erdman, and inspiring
him with the idea that he Is divinely
commissioned to commit murder in its
most dastardly form?
Would such witnesses hesitate to
swear anyone into Jail for a price?
, YeB experience with detectives
nas not been uatisfactory," but It Is
hecaua of the kind of detectives with
wv,lch we have . been afflicted. It is
because of the apparent preference of
joiir 80-called reformers for penlten
tlary blrda ani their reckless disre
Kar(j or tne- consequences of going
go0d for hardened rogues ready to do
anything in the category of crime.
The Nebraska editors In their reso
hutions censure the postofflce authori-
ties for exacting full postage for trans-
mission through the mails of a county
option sermon delivered by a preacher
at Pender disguised as a newspaper
BUpplement in order to get free deltv
ery within the county and secondVlass
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i p Ob la KG roltJo wiuiuui. o uu UUl
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know the particulars in this instance,
but we do know that second-class post
that are a legitimate part of such
newspapers without question; but are
invarlablydenled to pamphlets, tracts
and other printea matter wnicn should
properly pay higher rates. In all
these cases it comessdown to a ques
tion of purpose and intent as evidenced
by the circumstances. A . sermon
printed as a newspaper supplement to
get under the postofflce rules might be
because it is no Dart of the neWsuaner,
All the spasms of resolution and all
the naroxvsms of indication will not
change the facts in any specific case
and impartially,
Why are ba,se ball cranks' called fans?
Real fans make no noise, but accomplish
something. Base ball fans are noisy and do
noLhtnsr. Boston Herald.
If base ball fans do nothing, who is
that pays $25,000 for the release of
a Bresnahan, or who is that pays the
$10,000 salary of a McGraw, or-
Chance? Who is that walks up to the
box office in droves of thousands every
day and planks down his money? Oh,
the fan is doing a thing or two.
The excursion boat which is to ply
on the Missouri this summer adver
tises that "no liquors will be sold on
over a new leaf. Where were our
antl-saloon sleuths last summer who
make a business of nosing around
teacups? .
The people of Tennessee have Joined
In making the anti-Patterson crusade
nonpoittlcal ana repuoncans ana aem-
I ocrats alike have united for the over-
,hrnw nf tho governor who nardnnnrl
the man who killed his political rival.
Good for tho people of Tennessee.
The convention of tho National Con
ference of Charities and Corrections In
St. Louis has resulted in an order by
the mayor for a thorough cleanlng-out
- or ino "eu,c"1 -
mayor has put up to mo people or t.
Louis B real man's job.
Mr. Bryan's Commoner prints what
purports to be Mr. Bryan's Washing-
ton hall speech, but It does not print
what Mr. Bryan said, but only what
he wrote out In advance to furnish to
the newspapers. What Mr. Bryan
really said, as taken down by the
stenographer and printed in The Bee,
varies materially by additions and In
terpolations from what he Intended to
say merely for publication.
Omaha's returned trade boosters re
port an unprecedented trip through a
country bulging with signs of growth
and prosperity. Our local calamity
contemporary will please take notice.
A Problem in Patriotism.
Baltimore American.
The harrowing question how suggests
Itself whether if congress holds ever until
the middle of July, the nation can enjoy
a sane and eafa Fourth.
t'anae and Effect.
Philadelphia Reoord.
The peace proclamation of our great
paolflcator at Christtenla has already pro
duced a partial result In the appropriation
Of $23,000,000 for two more dreadnoughts.
A l.on Time romlnst.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
At last George Washington's heirs are
going to get the money the government
has owed them for the last 100 years or
more. How pleased George would be to
hear of ltl
A Koreeaat.
St. Paul Dispatch.
Colonel Bryan declares that ha will not
be a candidate for United States senator
from Nebraska. The colonel must have a
premonition that the next legislature of
Nebraska will be republican. .
Slo-ua of the Times.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Forty million dollars' worth of diamonds
and other precious atones have been brought
into New York from abroad during the
past ten months. Are there any further
remarks about the coot or nign living r
"Mysterious Dlsappearaucea."
New Tork World.
Now Sugar Trust records and books, like
Metropolian and Standard Oil papers in
the past, have disappeared. As proof of
Innocence this sort of thing la not al
together convincing, though it may help to
retard conviction.
Ill-Tlmed Greed.
Philadelphia Record.
The result of the present ill-judged In
crease of freight charges by the railroads
Is quite likely to be an increase of the
power of the Interstate Commerce commls
slon to veto increases. The railroad com
panles were mistaken in believing that they
had got the public scared out of demand
ing further restrictive legislation. Common
sense would have dictated that the Increase
should be deferred till congress adjourned
PULLMAN WILL FIGHT.
Will Not Tolerate a Redaction of the
Upper Storr. '
Washington Herald.
Did you fondly imagine, gentle and, per
naps, unsopnisticatea reader, when you
read a few weeks back that the Pullman
company had been ordered to reduce its
upper berth rates in certain territory that
it would do It without a struggle? The
odds are heavy that you did not knowing
the Pullman outfit as you do and you
were rlgHit. It Is going to resist the sug.
gestion to the limit of its resources. Why,
If the Pullman company submitted' at this
crisis, by and by somebody would be ad
vancing. me idea tnat it ought to pay
lta porters living salaries. Instead of look
ing to the public to foo them gonerously
and handsomely as It travels.
The Pullman company knows, as surely
as the traveling public knows, that it is
an outrage to charge the same fare for an
upper berth that it does for a lower. And
as the fare for the lower is, In nine cases
out of ten, utterly unreasonable, the fare
for the upper Is unspeakably so. And yet
the Pullman company Is not going to tol
erate tne proposal to reduce its UDDer
berth fee not this side of the very ultl
mate court of resort, at least.
We can only hope the courts will force
It to do the right thing, in spite of Itself,
We believe this Is a good time to bring
the. Pullman company to- Its senses, any
way. And we believe, moreover. ' that
will bo brought. This is not a good day
for bad trusts, and It may not be any too
too good a day for good ones. It would
help some to see one of the worst of the
lot made to behave itself.
And we Bay this without taking much
stock In corporation baiting, etthor.
NEW HEALTH EPIGRAM.
Log-lo of Modern Experience Com
prlaed In Pltar Sentences.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Chicago health department has issued
a circular In which it sees proper to devote
soma space to refuting some of the old
time household sayings affecting human
health. It is insisted that It is not dealr
ablo that one should "eat a peck of dirt
In tho course of a lifetime. It is denied
that "the stout child is healthy;" that
"people were healthier in the good old
days;" that "a gont keeps a stable health
ful," and that "gas works are good , for
consumption."
In Justifying Its edict the department says
tho peck of dirt idea is capable of doing
great harm, especially in the feeding of
children. Referring to th alout child
iB said that the child who plays u. U
streets because there is no othr-x' place to
play "stands the poorest chan.! of surviv
Ing." The death rate in such pari of the
city is said to be "friglifully high as com
pared with other portions of the town
Tho sayings . about gtata u'.jl. gas works
"can do harm and can do no twO."
In lieu of these discredited epigram.-) the
health department has substituted a few
of, Its own which are more in accord with
modern rules of health and sanitation.
These it calls "healthgrams," and their
general trend may be Judged from the
following specimens:
'Open windows close the door to con
sumption.
"Your lung, can't be washed out, but
they can be aired.
"On fly swatted in May Is equal to
1,000,000 swatted in July.
"Mother's milk for babies; cow's milk for
calves.
"tnoods or sunsnino in tne home may
fade the carpets, but it puts the bloom of
health on your cheeks. Take your choice."
Our Birthday Book
May 88, 110.
Louis Agassis, the famous Swiss natural
ist, was born near Lake Neufchatel, May
28, 1K07. His visit to the United States In
1346 gave the tlret decided impulse to the
study of natural science in this country,
and he wu for many years a professor in
Harvard university. He died in 1871
David Rankin, farmer and capitalist and
prominent -In farmers' organisations, was
born 11 ay 28, 1865. He Is a native of Indiana,
and now lives at Tarkio, Mo., and owns and
manages a farm of 23.000 acres, which is
suppoHed to be the largest, if - not the
largest worked farm In tills country.
In Other Lands
Bid lights oa Waat is Trans,
piling Among th Wear and
Far Rations of tbe Barth.
The whirligig of time presents a notable
spectacle In South Africa these days. Out
of the storms and ravages of war but nine
ear past the South African union Is ris
ing. At its head at governor general stands
Lord Gladstone, son of tho great English
man, who was brave enough to recognise
the independence of the Boar republics
after the disaster to British arms- on
Majuba Hill. The active leader of the
new government which will be inaugurated
on Tueedtly next Is General Louis Botha,
prime minister, the idol of the Boers and
one of the bravest leaders of . the "em
battled farmers" In the last war. The war
ring races of yesterday, now united for
peace and progress, through their best
representatives stand shoulder to shoulder
at the formal launching of the union. The
hanges wrought within ten years havo
few parallels in history. Overwhelmed In
the war for self-preservation, the depleted
burghers accepted the results as graciously
as possible. They returned to their homes
and their farms, tilled the soli and awaited
events. The multitude attracted by the
mines and the enriching opportunities of
r were as human chaff soon scattered
by the winds of years, leaving the sturdy
Boars numerical masters of the situation.
By the arts of peace and sticking to the
soli they have regained for all practical
purposes th independence for which they
fought and fell.
Ills Excellency Shlel All Youssof, presl-
ent of the constitutional reform league
of Egypt and publisher of AlMonayaJ, a
newspaper he established In Cairo twenty
year ago, replies In the current North
America Review to Colonel Roosevelt's
crticlam of native -aspirations In his
speeches at . Khartum and Cairo. Par
ticular objection is mads to Colonel Roose
velt's opinion that Egypt would not be
fit for self-government for several genera
tions. "Had Mr. Roosevelt been an ordi
nary man," cays his excellency, "or bad
hla importance been due only to his intelli
gence,' we would have said that he may be
Ight or may be wrong and nothing more.
But he is the ex-presldent of the United
States of America and may be again its
president, and Americans must share a
great part of the responsibility which re
sults from what he says of' us if that re
public shall long Ignore his mistake. It is
neither wise nor in accord with the gal
lantry of Americans that they should agree
that Kgypt should be Insulted in their
name whilst Egypt admires them and loves
their civilisation and sings their praises.'
Glowing reports of the efficiency, equip
ment and vastness of the new army of
China are sharply discredited by a Japanese
staff officer. In an interview in the J1J
Bhlmpo, he Bays a long time will elapse
before China has a formidable- modern
army. The program calls for two divisions
for every province, exclusive of Manchuria,
but the viceroys, in whom the authority
to raise troops ia lodged, are not usually
men of initiative and method. In most of
the provinces the two divisions will prob
ably remain on paper for some time. The
army now consists of four divisions organ
tied by Yuan Shlhki, two the creation of
Tuan Fang and the late Chang Chihtung,
and a brigade here and there. There is no
homogeneous army, and Judged by tho
Japanese standard, the troops are not ef
ficient. Conscription is difficult to enforce
for the reason that there is no system of
registration, and many provincial officers
are ! opposed to compulsory enlistment.
Finally, he says, "glory on the tented field
does not appeal to the Chinese.".
The new French Chamber, according to
the official figures, will be mainly com
posed of 124 radicals, 132 socialist radicals,
twenty-four Independent socialists, seventy
four unified socialists, seventy-four repub
Ucans of the left, sixty-eight progressists,
and ninety-nine members of the right. For
practical working purposes on all political
questions this would normally result In
government majority of about 360, which
was virtually the majority of the govern
ment in the preceding Chamber. Even if
the right and the progressists were to
unite their forces with those of the unified
socialists, the opposition could not muster
more than 221 votes. The stability of cabl
net during the next four years will de
pend therefore upon the capacity of the
prime minister to draw up a working pro,
gram commanding the support of the
radicals and socialist radicals. M. Paul
Doumer, M. Lasies, M, Gauthler de Clagny
and M. Francois Deloncle are the most
prominent members Of the old Chamber
who will be missed in the new.
Men of Irish birth and descent who may
Join th "home-going excursion" during
the coming summer months, will see a far
different Ireland than that which they
left. Jeremiah McVeagh. M. M-. in
signed statement In the New York Evening
Post, says among other things: "The
whole face of Ireland haa been changed in
recent years. The land purchase acts have
resulted In the abolition of landlordism over
half the land of Ireland, and with owner,
ship and fixity of tenure the. peasant pro
prletors have developed to a surprising ex
tent the virtue of self-reliance, and have
raised their standard of living. Bette
dwellings are springing up everywhere, and
the mud hovel is almost a thing of the
past. The laborers' acts have also re
suited In the housing of the laborers in
comfortable homesteads in lieu of the
ettariiiful condition of life to which they
wers .formerly condemned. Then, again
the local government of the country has
passed from the hands of the landlords
to the hands of the people. ThlB gradual
social revolution has all taken place since
V'.tf foundation of the Land league by
Michael Davltt In 1881, and It is a wonder
ful example of the power of public a git a
tlon.
Parcels Poat aa a Reined r,
Philadelphia Record.
The true remedy for the grosser extor
tlons of the express companies would
be
the establishment of a government puree
Is
post. Tho express companies have bee
able to defeat action by congress for yea
past. Through the bond of a common ow
ership on the part of express managers and
railway managers It is easy' to see what
powerful pressure may be exerted to d
feat regulative leglHlatlnn. Help cannot bi
expected from the overburdened and over
worked Interstate Commerce commlsnlon.
The express companies defiantly keep up
their rates; parcel out the territory of the
country so that each may have its area
of unrestricted ravage, and laugh their
critics to scorn as they cut their melon
and swim in the Juice.
Eclipse of L'ncle Joe.
' Springfield Republican.
Eleven of the newly-nominated republican
congressmen of Ohio have pledged them
selves, If elected, to vot against th re
election of Mr. JC'annon to the speakership.
They are reuttiriably certain of election,
as their districts have been strongly repub
lican. Nine other nominees are non-committal
on the speakership question, and
they are In less strongly republican dis
tricts. Only General J. Warren Kelfer
is openly In favor of continuing the Can
non regime. It looks darker and darker
for th speaker.
The report made to the comptroller
nnder date of March 29, 1910, shows
that this bank has
Time Certificates of
Deposit
3Va Interest
paid on certificates running tor twelve
months.
M''-'IWl8lnalidMi.aWh atUsa' SiJiSl.n SaTssJI ai'l'.llil Willi SalaHi Bsi .
POLITICAL DRIFT.
The only doubt lnsurglng through the
gray matter of Speaker Cannon is whether
his future halo will be muslin or asbestos.
By the latest count sixty-nine American
ties have adopted or voted to adopt the
commission form of government. Twelve
States have enacted permissive laws en-
bllng municipalities to make the experi
ment.
Rev. John 1L Booth, not yet 30 years
old, is entering with such test into the
contest for the democratlo nomination for
congress In the Eighth Iowa district that
the old politicians are sitting up and tak
ing notice.
If there is any political sympathy un-
asslgned a large share should be passed
up ,to Tammany Hall, which has been an
Involuntary spectator to th operation of
cutting out $21,000,000 worth of pure pie
In Now York City.
Congressman Havens of New York con
tinues to vote with regulars, Insurgents or
democrats, as the humor takes him: but
e still Bits on the democratic side and
aeks no questions. Party fealty nowadays
has a long string to it.
Senator Tillman continues unfit for par-
tlcpatlon in the activities of statesman
ship. The fire works go on just the same.
Mr. Bryan's famous salutation to the
vacant chair in Omaha was characterized,
according to an artistic observer, "by de
lightful Insouciance and exquisite savotr
falre."
The" democratlo primary in Florida for
the nomination of a candidate for United
States senator resulted in a draw be
tween Senator Taliaferro and his chief
opponent, ex-Governor Broward. The for
mer got 21,045 votes and the latter 21,018.
third candidate received 4,660 votes, bo
second contest between Mr. Taliaferro
and Mr. Broward will be necessary.
BELLE V1I13 A t'EMEN ARI1N.
Omaha's Elderly Nelarhbor Cominsc
Into the Llnkellsat.
Washington Post.
It is an interesting bit of information
that Nebraska contains a town of white
settlement so old that the celebration of
the centennial anniversary of its founding
is at hand. The first white outpost in the
region that Is now a commonwealth was
fur-trading station named Bellevue, es
tablished by John Jacob Astor, who was
led into the enterprise that so vastly in
creased the foundation of his fortune
through the reports pf Lewis and Clarke,
following their now historic expedition
across the country, and whose priority of
discovery added vastly to the continental
territory of the United States. He founded
also for the same purpose what Is now
the town of Aitorla. Ore., which he in
tended to make the Easts of a direct trade
in furs, silk and tea with China.
It was one of his expeditions, voyaging
up the Missouri river to the present site
of Omaha, that camped at the present site
of Bellevue In 1810. The town has re
mained. It was, Indeed, tlie first capital
of Nebraska. It continued to be a trading
post during twenty-five years, until the
failure of the Astoria venture through the
desertion of agents and the hostility of
Indians. Its history goes back to the time
when what is now Nebraska, was a part of
the Missouri territory. The occasion would
seem to invite the attendance of some of
the descendants of the original Astor in the
United States. The nameVf the town hap
pily commemorates his foresight, and Is
borne by one of the modern hostelrles that
have added to the cosmopolitan' luxuries
of the east. The anniversary will cole
brate another landmark for the subsequent
ana vaster transcontinental progress of
American civilization.
Lanndrylna; Paper Honey.
New York Tribune.
Secretary MacVeagh has approved a plan
for sending the country's paper money to
the laundry and reissuing It clean and
fresh. It Is estimated that laundering soiled
bills Instead of macerating them and re
placing them with new ones will save the
treasury about $1,000,000 a year. Thus is
the saving grace of the washtub once more
signally vindicated.
Sooner or Later,
Piano. Why Delay the Purchase?
There is one in the home of every one of your friends and every
time you call upon them, you have seen how much pleasure each family
got out of theirs. Don't you know that music Is a positive influence in
bringing domestic happiness and contentment into the family circle?
Can't you see that your children must have a knowledge of musio
as a parfof their education, and as a means of giving them the refine
ment you want them to have?
Decide today; then come in and see for bow little you can buy a1
good piano at HOSPE'S.
If you think yon cannot afford to invest in a brand new Instru
ment, come in and seeVhat we have in slightly used instruments. We
have some good ones at $65, $75,
.....
I'all or write, catalogues on Application. '
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OPPOSING HATK INCREASE.
Shippers of the (oonlrr Contesting
Nerr Freight Rate.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The manufacturers of this country may
not be absolutely sur about the rallron.O'
business, but they have a keen perceptlo"
that their own business Is not In a condi
tion to weloome an addition of 15 or 20 per
cent In the cost of transportation. There
fore, they are proceeding to appeal to the
Interstate Commerce commission against
the Increases in railroad rates made or con
templated by the railroads throughout the
country.
The subject Is one that requires thorough
investigation. Tho railroads are entitled to
rates that will yield a fair return on th
bona fide Investment or legitimate cost of
reproduction. But how Is it to be known
what rates wilt yield such a return without
that physical valuation to which the rail- ,
road world Is eo bitterly opposed? On that 1
point we need no more expert authority 7
than that of Mr. H. V. Poor, who aaoerted '
concerning railroad earnings In 1883 which
were muoh less satisfactory than at present
that "if the fictitious element could
eliminated from their (the railroads') i
counts their success as Investments would
have no parallel."
Leaving this and the vast range of othe?
subjeots involved In this question to be
fought out before the commission, on sug
gestion purely in the railroad Interest . ia
pertinent. Suppose that they should suc
ceed In Increasing their rates, eay 20 per
cent, and as a consequence the volume of
their traffic should decrease, say 30 per
cent, where would the railroads come outT
Yet it ia the history of the subject that the
vast multiplication of railroad traffic for
the last half century has been secured by
the steady reduction of rates, and it is the
economio experience of the world that the
reversal of that process by Increases of
costs means the dwindling of business.
PASSING PLEASANTRIES.
"Did you offer tho man an apology fo4
rui'ning over him?"
No, replied the young laay. who had
learned to drive an automobile, "I wanted
to. but, you see, we never had been intro
duced." Philadelphia Ledger.
Anxious Customer Are vou sure that vou
have that medicine mixed right?
Druggist No, I am not: but I've srot it
mixed the way the doctor ordered it. Judge.
"If you look about you," said the omi .
nous acquaintance, "you will see the handr
writing on the wall."
The handwriting on the wall doesn't I
worry mo." replied Senator Sorghum, "so '
long aa they dtn't go rummaging Into my
rrlunta mnmnyanAa 1X'antilnlnn Com
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What do you think of the way the teams
are playing ball?"
i don t near much about tnem this year.
"Not hear much about them! Where do
you keen yourself?"
"I'm shaving myself this year." Houston
Post.
"What kind of bricks will you us in your
new suburban house?" ; m
"I don't know," replied Mr. Bllder. "Co'fj,
I fancy, if the architect haa his way.
Indianapolis News.
"Why should the spirit of mortal
proud?" quoted the imnassioned orator.
ba
Then he paused a moment to let It tak
effect.
"Well," spoke up a half inebriated man
In the audienoe, "I'll be the goat. Why
should it?" Chicago Tribune.
TRUE AND UNTRUE.
i
Chicago Advance.
He was a dog,
But ho stayed at home
And guarded the family night and day.
He was a dog
That didn't roam.
He lay on the porch and chased yh
stray ... '
The tramps, the burglar, the hen, away.
For a dog's true heart for that household
beat
At morning and evening, in cold and heat
Ha was a dog. ,
He was a man,
And didn't stay
To cherish his wife and children fair,
He was a man,
And every day
His heart grew ' callous, Its love beats
rare,
He thought of himself at the close of th
day
And, cigar In his fingers, hurried away
To the club, the lodge, the store, th
show.
But he had a right to go, you know
H was a man.
You Must Have a
This is the New Diddle
Piano
$175
$5.00 Monthly
We Always Have Bar
gains in Used Pianos
$89, f 98, $115, etc., etc. f.
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